What Is Not a Thing Cannot End
June 18, 2025

What Is Not a Thing Cannot End

Lo que no es una cosa no puede terminar

This session explores the illusory nature of permanence, selfhood, and the mind's tendency to construct 'things' from ever-shifting experience. Through guided meditation and dialogue, the teacher points to seeing through the subtlest sense of self, the witness or observer, as just another appearance. Students explore themes of not-knowing, the sense of something missing, and how trust and discernment arise naturally when illusions are seen through.

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What Is Not a Thing Cannot End
meditation
What Is Not a Thing Cannot End
This meditation invites you to look closely at the feeling that something is missing and discover that nothing solid was ever there to be lost.
The Subtlest Sense of Self
dialogue
The Subtlest Sense of Self
A question about the ping-ponging between attention resting in the open field and attention collapsing back into a sense of being a separate subject, and what lies beyond even the subtlest sense of subjectivity.
Softening Into Not Knowing
dialogue
Softening Into Not Knowing
A student describes a shift from resisting the idea of "not knowing anything" to experiencing it as an opening, and the teacher reflects on what it means to trust the intelligence already present in life.
Seeing Through the Mind's Clouds
dialogue
Seeing Through the Mind's Clouds
A question about the default mode network, the desire to know, and how to relate to thoughts that arise during ordinary activities like washing dishes.
Dropping the Idea of Liberation
dialogue
Dropping the Idea of Liberation
A student asks whether there is something specific to pursue in the realm of awakening, and the teacher responds by questioning the very notion of liberation as a destination.